Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Microsoft has finally released Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7, just a few hours ago. The browser which was initially released as part of Windows 8, last year, will be pushed out to all Windows 7 users via auto-update in coming weeks. Users who are already running the IE10 Release Preview on Windows 7 should get the update sooner, starting today. For those who don’t want to wait, Internet Explorer 10 is also available for download from the company’s website.

The system requirements for running Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 7 are:

Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 installed

512 MB Memory

Hard disk space – 70 MB for 32-bit and 120 MB for 64-bit versions

IE10 is said to be 20% faster in real world tests compared to IE9, and 60% more compliant to web standards. Indeed, according to HTML5Test.com site, IE10's score jumps to 320 from IE9' 138, which by itself is far ahead of IE8's 42. For comparison, Maxthon leads this test with 464 points (out of 500 points), followed by Chrome's 448, Opera with 419, and Firefox with 393.

IE10 adds support for over 30 new modern Web standards beyond IE9 including many of the latest HTML5, CSS3, DOM, Web Performance, and Web Application specifications across important aspects of Web development such as: